Popnlation Greoter Kings Mountain 91.914 City Limits 8.465 • Gr«at«t Hings Mountcds Bgui* !• d#flT«d fiom IB* •OiiWi UBlleon of Half moon Bay, Calif.; and one half- scister, Mrs. Edith Harmon of Largo, Fla. Forrest Wayne Wright, 22, of Route 2, Kings Mountain, facing s. c i\l v'ha.gos connected with ?. !r.:g haul last Thursday, will _ i..v(n a preliminary hearing rcl/. £3 in district court in Shel by. City police have charged the Army veteran with posses don of drugs for purpose of sale, posses sion of and transporting illegal drugs, failure to stop for a blue light and siren, reckless driving, and speeding in excess of 115 miles per hour in a 45 zone. Wright was arrested Thursday afternoon after leading Lt. David Corn -Cn a chase which began in downtown Kings. Mountain and ended when the two wrecked in Grover. According to chief of police, Tctm MoDevRt, Corn and Ptl. Jolin- ny Belk attempted to block Wright, who was driving a Pon tiac GTO, on King Street. How ever, McDeviU said, they wore unable to do so as two tractor- trailer trucks got between tlie officers and Wright. McDevitt said Wright, who was going east on King Street, turn ed south ento Gaston Street and proceeded to East Gold. Tliere, ho turned east and sped to High way IGl. Corn said as Wright was trav eling ojst on Gold Stireet, he threw several small packages out the window. Chief McDevitt said the police later found the “15 to 20" small packag<\s of hashish. Corn chased Wright south on Highway 161, then south on In tcr.state 85 and said he clwkcd Wright’s car at 115 miles per hour on both roads. Nea-r Grover, Wright left 1-85 and led Corn on a chase down Highway 29. As Wright entered the Grov'er tewn limits, Corn said he veered into the left traffilj lane and attempted to cross the (Continued on Page Eight) '• CITY MANAGER^— Robert (Bob) Cox assumed new duties Tues day os City Manager of Besse mer City. Bob Cox In New Post IRabort G. (’Bob) Cox, former executive secretary of the Kings Mountain Chamiber of Commerce, assumed new duties Tuesday morning as city manager of Bes semer City. Cox, 42, a retired Army lieu tenant colonel, will receive an annual salary of $12,000 and sue- teeds Sam Howard who resigned January 6. Cox was an unsuccessful can didate for mayor during the 1971 .elections. He was t h o Chamiber of Commerce director of Jetbs ’70 and resigned recent ly when this program was not funded for another year. The Cox family expects to •move to Bessemer City at the end of the school term in June. Son of Assistant Postmaster B. Frank Cox and Mrs. Cox, he is a graduate of Kings Mountain hi;h school and attended the University ef Omaha. He is mar ried to the former Hetty Howard and they are parents of four children. Public Invited To Greet Senator St City Hall United States Senator 'B. Pfver- ett jerdan will visit at City Hall liere P'riday at 3:43 p. m., ac cording to joint announcement by Clyde Nolan of Shelby and J. Lee IROberls of Kings Mountain. Sen. Jordan wilt be en route to Polkville where he will address ■the Upper Cleveland Chamber of Commerce at a 7 p. m. dinner meeting. Area Dem-jwra'ts are Ih?- ing invited to attend the meet ing at Brackett’s Cedar Park. “We invite local citizens to loome to City Hall to greet Sena tor Jordan,” said Mr. Roberts. .Born In Ramseur, N. C., Senator Jordan, 75, cf Saxapr/iaw, a D< m. ocrat, was first appointed to the U. S. Senate Apnil 19, 1958 to fid .the vaicanoy caused by the deith of W. Kerr Scott. He was sub.se- (|UcnMy rc-cleotcd. He is curmnt- ly serving as the chairman of the imip.ortant Senate comimittce on rules and admiio^iration'and as vice chairman of the Joint Cv,'mmittee on the Library'^ol Con gress, in addition to other com mittees. Senater Jordan married the former Katherine McLean of Gas- Ionia Nov. 29, 1924 and they have three children. He is a former chairman of the North Carolina Denuccratic ExocuUve Comimittoe and was Democ'ratic National Cern'mitteeman from NortJi Caro lina. He served with the Tank Corps of the U. S. Army with the occupation forces in Germany in 1918-19 and m^anizod Sellers Manufacturing Co. in 1927 and has served as seermary-troasurer and geneual manager since. He holds an honorary LLD degree from Elon college. He v.’os Ala mance County 7vlan of the Year in 1955 and Is Methorlist. He is a trusti*e of Duke Cfiilversity, American University and Elon ccrllege. He is North Carolina’s senior .senatyr by 19 days; U. S. Sena tor Sam J. Ervin, (DemoiTat) of Morganton celebrated ' his 75tih bdrthday S<'ptember 2Tth. H^es "Tackles", Uisiccctes Elbow ^dy police officer Bc3 ll'iyes gr-' in a iidle running and “tack ling” I'l-ai .i-oe .M /iiday n.ghl and ha.s a dislocated elbow t> preve it. Ilayc.', stepped an autrir.ohile cn King Street and when he be gan questioning two suspects, they ran. Hayes decided he’d run them dewn. He tried to tackle one, but miissed, and dislocated his elbow. Ofher officers eame to his res cue, to ik him t'C Kings Mountain H^ppil il for treatment, and later captured the two men. A Hendersonville man, 38year- ol'd Kenneth Rogers, was charged with driving under the influence, driving witli an expired license, speeding 4.5 in a 35 zone, violat ing the prchiiibition laws and re- .-isting arre^'t. The other suspect was a juvenile. SEEKS SENATE SEAT ~ Rep. Jade Rhyne of Belmont became a candidote Wednesday for o sect in the new 25th Senatorial district. Sigk Motion Firemen Set n Was Good While It Lasted.... Annual Meeting But PHA Tenant Didn't Pay Rent J.V. Green's Rites Conducted 'Funeral services for Jimmy V. Green, 73, were held Tuesday afternoon at 4 p. m. from Temple Baptist cli' Tcli, interment fol- lowmg in Mountain ‘Rest ceme tery. Mr. Green died Monday morn ing m Beam Nursing Home in Shelby following illness of sev eral years. IIM was a native of Cleveland county, son of the late Mr. and iMrs. James L. Green. Survivinig are three sisters, 'Mrs. Josie Hamhright and Mrs. J. P. MioGinnis, both of Grover, and Mrs. Minnie Goforth of Kings Mountain. 'Hev. Flay Payne and Rev. Frank Shirley officiated at the final riles. New Officers and directors of the Oak Grove Volunteer Fire •Deparlment will bo elected at the annual meeting Tuesday night at 7:.'’0 at the Oa!c Grove Fire Station. Sei’iciary John O. Patterson issued invitation to all members to attend. Candidate Honoree At Coffee Thursday Cleveland County supporters of Hugh Morion, D<|mocraHc candidate for goverrrer, wHl hf nrif • him at a cerffee at Oharlcs Kcstauran't_ in Shelby Thursday morning from 10 to 11 n't loc k. Dr. Avery MdMurray extended an invitation to all citizens to enmo to the coffee and meet Mr. Mr^nn. Mtr. Merton, of Wilimington, ’.q fj.vner cf Grandfather Moun tain. Kings Mountain Puiblic Hor>- sini; Authority began renting houses more than IS months ago. It recently obtained evi'clion order on a tenant for the first time. Hearing was Tuesday and the order granted along with a judgement against the tenant for $148 in unpaid rent. The tenant had already noved. The tenant’s failure to pay his rent had resulted m a check out that revealed his public housing application was fraudu lent. (income and size of family determining eligiihiiity) He fail ed to note that his gross income included, in addition to his em ployment, monthly checks from the Veterans Administration and the Cleveland Cointy Welfare department. Shortly after he and his family became a low- rent housing tenant, his wife ob tained a job, adding further to the family income, and unre ported, as his lease reciuired, to the hoasing authority. The tenant is now among five welfare payment recipients, Su perintendent Hal Smith says, who are bein^ investigatocr) flowles' g«b- ernatoi ial campaign in the Kings Mountain area. 'Now vice president of F'irst Union National Bank in Kings 'Mountain and one of the city’s fcjggest boosters, he was ap- pcinttd to the coordinat )r’s post by tlie Dt^mocratic candidate and by R. Patrick .Spangler of Shel by, one of Bowles’ slate campaign managers. He’ll be working witli Bowles’ other coordinators in Cleveland county Tom Camp, 'Horace Ledford, Mrs. Donald Craw’ley and Mrs. Fred Flow ers. ‘Tlinnant has boon dedicated to helping Kings Mef.ntain grow,” Dowles said, “parthularly in at tracting new and diversified in dustry and jobs. We’re delighted that he has volunteered to help us in the campaign and fool that his experience and judgment will contribute greatly to our ef forts.” ‘Hinnant’s interest in industry and the eexmomy dates back to “growing up in the depression" and the family fa'.im near Winn- dale. His account.s of thost' days include cnc of ^e year tihefamily crops brought only $357 and the family of five younlgstors had to wait to the last moment to -buy winter shoes. iHinnant went on to receive a bachelor of arts degree in Busi ness administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1918. He worked with the Security National Bank (now NCNB) in Raleigh and was on loan to hrarveh banks all over the state. He was associated with the First National Bank here un til its merger with First Union in 1963. After hi.s moving to Kings Moun tain, Hinnant volunteered to serve on an industrial committee for the city, and has been instru mental in attracting new indus try to the area while working witli tlie old to achieve a thriving econamic climate. IHe also h^ been very active in local civic, charitaible and educational activities. Mrs. Hinnant is the former Miss Virginia Summers, a Kings Mountain native. Si.sk Funeral Homo Owner Frank Sisk has made a motion for summary judgment again.s't the City of King.s Mountain to re cover damages he incurred in a ca e five years ago involving aii imipropcii burial. Tlio m^w mote n is on the dx?- ket for the next twu-w(^ek <.4 Cl( /eland County (.'l.il Ccuif beginning Feb. 14th. In 1967 Sisk was told by a court to pay $10,000 in dam'ages to Mrs. Virginia Grigg for damages re sulting from the impn>peir burial of her laite husband, Zeb Grigg, whose grave had be(x>me expos^ and who.:c bixiy, in re-burial, wus exposed to onJooker.s. After an appeal of the decision, SLsk set tled out OtE court for $5,000 in damages. In his motion for summary judgiment Sisk maintains that (he city of Kings Mountain wus, un der contract, respon'sible for the burial and any negligence isthu.s the city’s fault. The city of Kings Mountain wa.s not a party de fendant in (ho original case and hag made no answer to the mo tion. SPRING SIGN UP Spring sign-up for the 1972 Rural Environmental Assistance Program began Tuesday and continues through Feb. 15th. Area farmers may apply at the ASCS office. Gsisrth, Dodd, Hubbard File; ibyne I or Senate Poli'.iral activity prrvcd wa. rn- er liiian tiio w'eather during Che pa5t week, producing a Demo- craMc primary contest -for the cc'upty b;uid of commWUwiers ml :\naJ:u,: candidate for the state senate. 'Filing for county c::IIhM.ssioner Aeie IiKunibent u . lert Huj Vi ipnl ( ■ \Vaio h’"h schocl. State Hr presen la Jack Rihyne, .-i iitimoiit, beca.Tic a earrdidate i..: the Ga dan- -ievc-Iand-Ruther- l‘o:d-Linccln senate district. State Uep.rsentdtive W. K. Mauney, Jr., liaJ previously announced his candidacy for a senate.seat. Th-ree seats are allotted Lhi.s di itrict. Si-nator Marshall Riuch of Gas tonia is expected To seek re-elec tion. All the candidates are Demo crats. Kii.e candidates now .'^eek the thrte county commission seats. The other two are Incumbent J. D.Ak Turner and L. ^ (Josh) Hin nant, Kings Mount'^in h/tiikv. Incumbent Fri"^*^.wcht‘ad has not yet indicated wnetherh ho will sock re-election. Hubbard has been a cc